Kindness

I recently found myself in a discussion with someone about how the United States needs to put “America First” and stop helping so much around the world. I found myself in a circular argument I couldn’t articulate well because I…

Devoted attention. I can’t be anywhere else. All my plans fall into her wake, her rhythm. It takes less than a moment for us to find us. We hadn’t been together in three months, but we are always together. All these years….

My grandmother’s grandparents ( or something like that ) come from a farm at the edge of nowhere. I went to visit once, six hours north of Chicago. Standing out front, an expanse of open nothingness as far as I…

“It wasn’t about demonstrating my outrage to right-wing drivers driving down Esters Road in front of the mosque. I can never, and will never, change any of the haters. It’s not about them. Not this time, and not here. This…

I talked with my dad this evening who expressed concern for how our extended family might interact together over the holidays. I was horrified that it could even be conceivable that this election could divide us in this way. If…

A week out from election night, I am sitting with buddhist monk Bhante Sujatha. We’re discussing all we’ve witnessed over these last days.. amazed, sad, joyful. We debate positions and choices. We talk about the power of words. We check…

I stand for community. I stand for love. I stand for dignity. I stand for compassion. I stand for kindness. I stand for respect. I stand for equality. I stand for truth. I stand for you, whomever you are. How…

Today, with every encounter, I am going to remember this; you do not know the capacity of the person who stands before you. More? When meditation sucks Amidst unthinkable tragedy, this is how we create change The journey toward an…

There’s this thing that happens to the writer who writes for others.. we can struggle to remember and find our own voice sometimes. We struggle to be raw, unfiltered because we’re so keenly aware of interpretation. And when we do…